Railway-tie.



GEORGE A. STARKWEATHER, OF PON'lOOSl't, I LLINUIS.

RAILWAY-TIE Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Ju1y 20, 1909.

Application filed February 3, 1909. Serial No. 475,807.

To ZZ whomz't may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. STARK- WEATHER, a citizen of the United siding at Pontoosue, in the county of Han- Al l) cock and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haibvay-Ties, of which the followingr is a specification.

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are secured to the inner base `fiangres i? of the foundation members] and the ends thereof being riveted or otherwise fastened. The brace plates are located outside ol' the saddles andare formed with upstagndingr portions S extending along` the rear sides of the saddles 4 and with inwardly projecting ears Sl that are riveted to the webs 3 upon opposite sides The object of this invention is an im` proved constructlon of railway ties, which g will be characterized by lightness, simplicity, durability land strength, consists in certain constructions and arrangements of parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

' For a full understandingl of the invention reference is to be had to the followingr description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metallic railway tie constructed in accordance with my invention. 2 is an enlarged longij 7 the saddles are braced and secu and the invention tudinal sectional'view of one end portion of the tie showing*y a rail secured thereto, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View.

, (foi-resiionding,r and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

My improved metallic tic comprises founr(la-tion members 1, which in the present in-` stance are in the form of T-bars designed to rest upon their base fianges 2.

I3 designates the upstanding webs of the foundation members, the said members being arrainred parallel to each other and in spaced relation, as clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

4 designates saddles that are preferablyr formed of sheet metal bent into U-shape, as shown, the base portions ofsaid saddles resting' upon and being secured by rivets or the like to the inwardly extending base flanges 2 of the respective, foundation members 1. The U-shaped saddles 4 faccinwardly, as shown, and the upper horizontally disposed portions arc formed with .spike holes 5 that are arranged obliqucly, as shown, sons to compensate for different position ol' the spikes according to thc alinen'icnlan' position oll the rails that are designed lo rest upon said saddles. The saddles /1 contain preferably wooden blocks 6 into which thc 'spikes are drivenA seciire the rails to the tic. The blocks 6 ai d saddles 4 are reii'il'orccd by brace plates 7 that of the saddles, thereby effectively bracing.l the latter. In addition to the brace plates red .in place by means of metallic straps 10 which extend .over the inner edges of the upper portions of the saddles v11- and extend over the outer faces of the webs 3, being riveted or otherwise secured to said webs.

11 designates a. brac-e which fits in between the base flanges 2 and which is formed with angular ends 12, riveted or otherwise secured to the web', the .brace 11 being' located at or near the middle of the tie, and bracing the same at this point.

From the foregoing description in connection with the aocon'ipanyingr drawings, it will be seen that ,l havev provided a ctnnbination f tie formed principally of metal and of a. simple durable. light and efficient construction, the parts being easily manufactured and readily assembled to form the completed structure.

The upper portion of the U--sh'aped saddle 4 comprises a tie-plate to which the rail may be secured by the spikes in the holes 5, and is designed to line the rail during the season ol' the year when the ties themselves are frozen solid and cannot be moved back into line.

The expansion of the tie would not be enough to affect the gage of the track, and if the track should get out of line, by having the spikclioles 5, arranged as hereinbefore described, the rails may be easily lined up.

Having thusdescrihcd theinvention, what is claimed as new is 1. A railway tie, comprisingfoundation members arranged in spaced relation to each other and embodying base flanges, Ushaped saddles having their lower portions secured to and resting' upon the base flanges, blocks mounted in said saddles, and brace plates secured to the base flanges of the foundation members and engaging said saddles to reinforce the same.

2. A railway tie comprising foundation members arranged in spaced relation to each other and embodying base flanges and upsta-nding webs, saddles resting upon and Secured to the has@ ulges, .mocks muned in said Saddles and straps- .exendug over the ands of said saddles und over the Webs and en cured to the mitm.: K

5 3. A railway tia, compljisng found-ahem members mranged. in Spui-ed relation to each l other and emdying base nnges and Webs, l

smldes supported upon and sei-,umd in said 'Hnge/s, blocks mounted lxsnd saddog, and

10 rinm'ed pluies secured t() i, id has@ flanges and 'med wl umm-Edin f portions engaging the yam Smiles of the mdd es, Sgud upssand mg porfuo'ns fomed with mwaxdy prf e "'fu j '.lg mrs secured to the Wabs.

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